Description: Ionia, Ephesos, Domitian (81 - 96 AD). Homonoia with Smyrna. Caesennius Paetus, Proconsul, 91-95 AD. Struck ca 91-95 AD. ΔOMITIANOC KAICAP CЄBACTOC ΓЄPMANIKOC; laureate bust right, slight drapery and aegis on far shoulder / ANΘY KAICЄN ПAITOY OMONOIA; two Amazons clasping right hands, each holding labrys, ZMYP to left, εΦε to right.

Diameter: AE30 mm

Weight: 16,92 g

Grade: gF/gF

Attribution: RPC II 1080; SNG München 289; BMC 408

Commentary: rare; dark green patina with minor breaks on reverse, good details with legible legends

History: In the 1st century AD the rivalry between the cities of western Asia Minor became so fierce, that a kind of inter-city cooperative diplomacy - homonoia - was widely used to chanel this competition into more cooperative ways.

Article Number: 060-03-05-42384